What a lot of fuss about nothing!
THERE is the usual hoo-ha over Suella Braverman’s attempt to have a private speed awareness course. I don’t see what would have been wrong with this. Surely the point is to receive the information to help her understand the dangers of speeding and be better educated for driving in the future. It seems, as she was unable to arrange that, she took the three penalty points on her driving licence and paid the fine. What is the problem? She hasn’t escaped justice. We don’t need to waste limited time and resources on a flaming investigation.
CHARLES JACKSON, Newcastle upon Tyne. NO SOONER does the Home Secretary criticise her own Government’s position on the influx of small boats than we are told about her speeding offence from a year ago.
I’ve clearly been watching too many episodes of Yes Minister and House Of Cards because I’ve found myself thinking the two events are connected. How ridiculous is that!
JOHN WHAPSHOTT, Westbury, Wilts.
YES, MPs make the laws that govern the country, but why do they think their privileged position means these laws don’t apply to them? If Suella
Braverman wanted a private speed awareness course to avoid being humiliated, then it has backfired badly. It reinforces the belief that politicians don’t care about us, only themselves. This shameful episode will probably define Ms Braverman’s career, along with her inability to stop cross-Channel migrants, whatever good things she may do. She should have simply done the course with members of the public and that would have been the end of it. At the two speed awareness courses I’ve attended, I met others who, like me, had been snapped by a mobile camera doing no more than 3 mph over the limit. Instant camaraderie!
GRAHAM DAY, Stowmarket, Suffolk. I DID a speed awareness course after being caught by a camera driving downhill at 34 mph in a 30 mph zone. I found it very informative and useful for my future driving.
On arrival we were told mobile phones had to be switched off. The reason was that a Premier League footballer had been on a course and an idiot had used their phone to record his replies to questions and film him surreptitiously. If Suella Braverman had been on a course with the public, there would have been a security risk. Instead of referring the case to an ethics adviser, Rishi Sunak should have said it was a non-issue.
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